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m419 · 03-05-2011, 20:53

[QUOTE=mal4mac;35220699]I don't have an STB, and Virgin Media say I can't have one, and if they did give me one it would be no use. I'm not sure I believe them

To be honest there is no point giving set top boxes out there, in fact most of them from previous owners probably no longer work due to the age of them and furthermore, it is fact that you can get more channels through freeview than you can through Virgin Media's analogue tv service.

All you can get is:

BBC1,BBC2,ITV1,Channel 4,Channel 5,ITV2,Eurosport,Movies 24,4 music and then in time shifted paterns you get History,National Geographic and Living, you do not get Challenge and since Bravo has been discontinued, you obviously can't get that anymore either. You cannot get Sky Movies on this because of the new pin protection settings before watershed hours. And Sky Sports was removed a few years back.

So the option which Virgin Media give you is to plug the cable directly into the TV. So no, they won't give you one

For all enquiries about Westminster and Milton Keynes call 0800-952-0345 and select option 5. And for those wanting the service in city of london/barbican, I don't think it even exists anymore.

03-05-2011, 20:53	#28
m419 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London Services: BT Broadband,BT Anytime calls,Sky entertainment extra HD,Vodafone pay monthly Posts: 1,512	Re: Virgin Media Cable Network - Milton Keynes [QUOTE=mal4mac;35220699]I don't have an STB, and Virgin Media say I can't have one, and if they did give me one it would be no use. I'm not sure I believe them To be honest there is no point giving set top boxes out there, in fact most of them from previous owners probably no longer work due to the age of them and furthermore, it is fact that you can get more channels through freeview than you can through Virgin Media's analogue tv service. All you can get is: BBC1,BBC2,ITV1,Channel 4,Channel 5,ITV2,Eurosport,Movies 24,4 music and then in time shifted paterns you get History,National Geographic and Living, you do not get Challenge and since Bravo has been discontinued, you obviously can't get that anymore either. You cannot get Sky Movies on this because of the new pin protection settings before watershed hours. And Sky Sports was removed a few years back. So the option which Virgin Media give you is to plug the cable directly into the TV. So no, they won't give you one For all enquiries about Westminster and Milton Keynes call 0800-952-0345 and select option 5. And for those wanting the service in city of london/barbican, I don't think it even exists anymore.